(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. There has always beena positive intercultural dialogue within Azerbaijan, politicalscientist Azer Garayev told Trend .
According to him, the VI World Forum on Intercultural Dialogueon the theme "Dialogue for Peace and Global Security" is one of theprestigious events held by Azerbaijan.
Garayev noted that the Forum is a very important and influentialinternational platform. Representatives of 110 countries take partin the forum. Azerbaijan's initiative unites intellectuals,politicians, decision-makers, media representatives, and civilsociety representatives.
"Cultures have merged in Azerbaijan for ages. Our placementbetween East and West has contributed to this trend. Azerbaijanisociety, culturally and ethnically diverse, has kept the mostessential qualities of tolerance, mutual respect, friendship, andpartnership for millennia. Azerbaijanis of all ethnicities andbeliefs live as one family. They are valuable Azerbaijanis andsincere, true patriots. Azerbaijan has always had a greatintercultural dialogue. In daily lives, Azerbaijanis show it live multiculturally," he said.
He mentioned that Azerbaijan is strongly committed tomultilateralism and has actively promoted the values ofmultilateralism in the Non-Aligned Movement, which has had 120countries as members since 2019.
"The voices of countries with terrible colonial histories mustbe heard and not ignored, and new colonial tendencies must befought. We cannot allow 21st-century European countries to treatother nations as colonies.
The world must not turn a blind eye to the abhorrent practice ofneocolonialism, which leads to forced assimilation.
Forced assimilation carried out in more than a dozen Frenchcoastal territories is unacceptable and must be stopped," Garayevemphasized.
The political scientist also noted that Azerbaijan ensured peacethrough war.
"For 30 years, Azerbaijani lands were under occupation. 20percent of the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijanwas under occupation from the first years of independence until2020, and about a million Azerbaijanis were refugees and IDPs, theAzerbaijani people were subjected to ethnic cleansing.
The four UN resolutions adopted by the Security Council did notwork. Because there was no implementation mechanism. Those whopassed these resolutions did nothing to make them enforceable, we had to achieve peace through war, and in 2020, weliberated most of our territories as a result of the II KarabakhWar," Garayev added.
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